Santo Antônio de Jesus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santo Antonio de Jesus in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo Antonio de JesusBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santo Antônio de Jesus plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santo Antônio de Jesus's incremental SNDi rose from 3.02 to 4.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santo Antônio de Jesus ranked 18th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 310th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in Brazil
291st of 365
Rank in Bahia
17th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Brazil
310th of 365
Rank in Bahia
18th of 22

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo Antonio de JesusMudkhedDukku

In new street additions, Santo Antônio de Jesus and Dukku both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mudkhed built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Santo Antônio de Jesus fluctuated in connectivity, while Mudkhed became progressively more disconnected and Dukku fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Santo Antônio de Jesus had a more sprawly network than Mudkhed in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.